Table 4

The association between decrease in confidence and doctor delay. Doctor delay and symptompresentationwere reported by the GP and confidencewas reported by the patient.

				Decrease in confidence

	Doctor delay, days	n (% of all)	n (% of n)^a	Crude PR (95% CI)	P-value	Adjusted^bPR (95% CI)	P-value
All (n = 766)	<14	663 (86.6)	105 (15.8)	2.2 (1.4 to 3.5)	0.001	2.3 (1.4 to 3.7)	0.001
	≥14	103 (13.4)	30 (29.1)

Symptom presentation

Alarm (n = 431)	<14	419 (97.2)	53 (12.7)	3.5 (0.6 to 12.6)	0.060	3.8 (1.0 to 14.0)	0.048
	≥14	12 (2.8)	4 (33.3)

Serious (n = 135)	<14	111 (82.2)	15 (13.5)	2.6 (0.9 to 7.4)	0.067	3.0 (1.0 to 8.9)	0.054
	≥14	24 (17.8)	7 (29.2)

Vague (n = 200)	<14	133 (66.5)	37 (27.8)	1.0 (0.6 to 1.9)	0.933	1.2 (0.6 to 2.3)	0.616
	≥14	67 (33.5)	19 (28.4)

↵a Decrease in confidence (with relative % in brackets) was defined as a patient scoring lower on having confidence in the GP's professional skills and judgement after the diagnosis compared with before.
↵b Adjusted for the patient's sex, age, and vocational education. PR = prevalence ratio.